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Assertion Contradicted
Liemandt: Paper shows 50% of UCSD freshmen cannot answer fifth-grade questions
“I think UC San Diego, one of the top schools, universities in our country, right? Just published a paper that, like, 50% of their freshmen can't answer fifth grade questions.”
Joe Liemandt Mar 31, 2026 ▶ 28:34 Alpha School: AI and The Future of Education | Joe Liemandt
Assertion Supported
Liemandt: Median US Student's Test Score Stagnates From Eighth Grade to Graduation
“The average kid in the US, like on this map score, this NWA map, there's a 300 point scale. If you take, I can't remember exact number but if you take an eighth grader, they will go up one point by senior year. How is that even possible? The median, that's the…”
Joe Liemandt Mar 31, 2026 ▶ 27:53 Alpha School: AI and The Future of Education | Joe Liemandt
Assertion Supported
Liemandt: Harvard study shows AI tutors outperform top Harvard teachers 2x
“Harvard published a paper that That their best teaching class is their physics one-on-one class, one of their best, you know, teachers, and they did an A-B test with AI tutors versus them, and they published that Harvard, you know, there's a great paper, Harva…”
Joe Liemandt Mar 31, 2026 ▶ 1:29:38 Alpha School: AI and The Future of Education | Joe Liemandt
Assertion Contradicted
Liemandt: Multiple US states legally mandate teaching strictly at grade level
“There's actually laws in states, various states, that you must teach at grade level. Like, it's illegal for a teacher not to teach at grade level, right?”
Joe Liemandt Mar 31, 2026 ▶ 25:42 Alpha School: AI and The Future of Education | Joe Liemandt
Assertion Supported
Liemandt: 80% of Students at Harvard Now Receive A's
“80% of people at Harvard get A's now.”
Joe Liemandt Mar 31, 2026 ▶ 4:11 Alpha School: AI and The Future of Education | Joe Liemandt
Assertion Partly supported
Liemandt: Alpha Student Produced Musical Garnering 1M Streams in Week One
“We have a high school. She's doing a Broadway musical. Right? Launch, all team produced Broadway musical. She sourced all the singers off TikTok. Million streams the first week when they went. They can fill, they filled, like, four times they filled a venue.”
Joe Liemandt Mar 31, 2026 ▶ 1:34:42 Alpha School: AI and The Future of Education | Joe Liemandt
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